"Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human nature, which is God's decree and can never be reversed."

-- Abraham Lincoln

#Men Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I would ask: Given the nature of free-market capitalism - where the rule is to rise to the top at all costs - is it possible to have a financial industry hero? And by the way, this is not a pop-culture trend we're talking about. There aren't many financial heroes in literature, theater or cinema.”
“I was cutting and threading pipe in the tunnels to get water into the shower rooms for athletics. I was repairing old metal windows, fixing cement walls where rain was coming through, and drying out the maple gym floors in hopes of removing the warping.”
“As a father of five, I sometimes feel I've spent a lifetime watching Disney musicals.”
“Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.”
“Faith is not a soft option offered to people who need a crutch to get through the rest of their lives. Faith is the supernatural activity of God whereby He opens blind eyes, unstops deaf ears, and a man or a woman says- â€œI see it now. I get it now. I am going to trust in God. I am going to trust in Jesus.”
“I do use my body a lot, to click into a character.”
“When you get to mixing sex and religion, it will make anybody crazy.”

Source : Chester Himes (2011). “The Crazy Kill”, p.158, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“I wouldn't want to be around anyone that would want me around.”

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